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« Reply #1225 on: July 04, 2014, 04:57:26 PM »
Congratulations FIFA. You have me rooting for Germany.
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« Reply #1226 on: July 04, 2014, 04:59:15 PM »
Quote from: Lіef on July 04, 2014, 04:51:07 PM
Only five minutes?! Disgraceful.
And the Brazilian goalkeeper should have been sent off for time-wasting and the injury time extended to compensate for this, but I guess Brazil reaching at least the semi-finals is a greater priority for FIFA than fair refereeing...
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« Reply #1227 on: July 04, 2014, 05:00:04 PM »
Quote from: Snowstalker on July 04, 2014, 04:57:26 PM
Congratulations FIFA. You have me rooting for Germany.
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« Reply #1228 on: July 04, 2014, 05:03:11 PM »
Oh god, the worst possible SF match has come to be...

I guess I should now root for some world power to nuclear bomb Belo Horizonte on the 8th Tongue
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« Reply #1229 on: July 04, 2014, 05:04:11 PM »
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« Reply #1230 on: July 04, 2014, 05:05:29 PM »
Julio Cesar not being sent off was insane, yeah. Half the Brazilians should be suspended for the semifinal, but hopefully without Thiago Silva and Neymar Germany will be able to avenge the Colombians.
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« Reply #1231 on: July 04, 2014, 05:07:44 PM »
Quote from: Lіef on July 04, 2014, 05:05:29 PM
Julio Cesar not being sent off was insane, yeah. Half the Brazilians should be suspended for the semifinal, but hopefully without Thiago Silva and Neymar Germany will be able to avenge the Colombians.

Then in the finals, Costa Rica will avenge the Brazilians.

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« Reply #1232 on: July 04, 2014, 05:08:18 PM »
Quote from: Snowstalker on July 04, 2014, 04:57:26 PM
Congratulations FIFA. You have me rooting for Germany.

Welcome to the good side Smiley
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« Reply #1233 on: July 04, 2014, 05:11:00 PM »
An update for those interested:



You can argue the sample size is still too small, but 538's probabilities have been very good so far.
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« Reply #1234 on: July 04, 2014, 05:12:25 PM »
Quote from: Harry on July 04, 2014, 05:11:00 PM
An update for those interested:



You can argue the sample size is still too small, but 538's probabilities have been very good so far.

Go away.
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« Reply #1235 on: July 04, 2014, 05:16:50 PM »
Neymar taken to the hospital. "Doesn't look good."
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« Reply #1236 on: July 04, 2014, 05:21:52 PM »
Thiago Silva and Neymar both missing for the semifinal would be pretty bad for Brazil.
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« Reply #1237 on: July 04, 2014, 05:34:33 PM »
Shameful match.
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« Reply #1238 on: July 04, 2014, 05:46:47 PM »
Yeah, the referee is a moron. What a shame. Though the match itself was entertaining.
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« Reply #1239 on: July 04, 2014, 06:39:16 PM »
Quote from: Lіef on July 04, 2014, 04:48:29 PM
More disgusting play acting from Neymar.

He was acting like he fractured 4 vertebrae when in reality it was fewer.
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« Reply #1240 on: July 04, 2014, 06:44:57 PM »
fivethirtyeight still has Argentina as a more likely champ than Germany even having to play an extra match. I assume they're not factoring in Neymar and Silva not playing in the semis though.
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« Reply #1241 on: July 04, 2014, 06:48:56 PM »
Quote from: Bull Moose Base on July 04, 2014, 06:44:57 PM
fivethirtyeight still has Argentina as a more likely champ than Germany even having to play an extra match. I assume they're not factoring in Neymar and Silva not playing in the semis though.
Probably not yet. I think they only recalculate stuff like that once per day.
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« Reply #1242 on: July 04, 2014, 06:50:34 PM »
Neymar out of the World Cup, will take at least a month to recover.
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« Reply #1243 on: July 04, 2014, 07:07:06 PM »
Keystone Phil, your player almost killed Neymar. He should be arrested for manslaughter attempt. Lifetime ban, please!
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« Reply #1244 on: July 04, 2014, 07:09:27 PM »
Quote from: RodPresident on July 04, 2014, 07:07:06 PM
Keystone Phil, your player almost killed Neymar. He should be arrested for manslaughter attempt. Lifetime ban, please!

Yes, the Colombian who literally broke Neymar's back will get zero punishment, while Suarez isn't allowed to touch a soccer ball until October because he grazed a guy on the shoulder. It's obvious to any thinking person that his punishment is completely unjust and insane.
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« Reply #1245 on: July 04, 2014, 07:46:31 PM »
Here are a couple more charts I calculated:

The average age of each team, weighted by minutes played:
AVG   COUNTRY
24.9   South Korea
25.3   Ghana
25.5   Switzerland
25.6   Nigeria
25.7   Belgium
25.8   Algeria
25.9   Australia
26.1   France
26.3   Bosnia-Herzegovina
26.3   Germany
26.4   England
26.5   Netherlands
26.5   Costa Rica
26.6   Chile
26.8   Cameroon
27.0   Colombia
27.1   Argentina
27.2   Brazil
27.5   Ecuador
27.7   Japan
27.8   Uruguay
27.9   Mexico
27.9   Spain
28.0   Russia
28.1   Croatia
28.4   Italy
28.5   Greece
28.7   Portugal
28.8   Iran
28.9   United States
29.0   Ivory Coast
29.2   Honduras

This is updated through today's matches.
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« Reply #1246 on: July 04, 2014, 07:47:08 PM »
And here is only weighted by only goals scored (not counting own goals or PKs after extra time):

AVG   COUNTRY
22.0   Cameroon
22.9   Switzerland
23.7   Belgium
24.0   Ecuador
24.1   Colombia
24.7   Nigeria
25.0   South Korea
25.2   Brazil
25.2   Costa Rica
25.2   Germany
25.5   Italy
25.7   Argentina
25.8   France
25.9   Algeria
26.0   England
26.0   Ghana
26.0   Iran
26.0   Ivory Coast
26.5   Chile
26.7   Greece
26.8   United States
27.0   Russia
27.2   Netherlands
27.3   Bosnia-Herzegovina
27.3   Uruguay
28.0   Croatia
28.0   Japan
28.3   Portugal
28.6   Mexico
30.0   Spain
31.0   Honduras
32.3   Australia
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« Reply #1247 on: July 04, 2014, 08:09:35 PM »
Quote from: RodPresident on July 04, 2014, 07:07:06 PM
Keystone Phil, your player almost killed Neymar. He should be arrested for manslaughter attempt. Lifetime ban, please!

Napoli represent!

Have to say Zuniga's challenge didn't seem like it was vertebrae-damaging.
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« Reply #1248 on: July 04, 2014, 09:07:59 PM »
The first one to jump on James Rodriguez during his post-goal celebration...

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/2119759-giant-bug-clings-onto-colombias-james-rodriguez-as-he-celebrates-goal?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=programming-national
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« Reply #1249 on: July 05, 2014, 09:48:31 AM »
Turns out that a huge grasshopper landed on James Rodriguez when he took the penalty shot:
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